Quote: (01-05-2018 06:48 AM)JimBobsCooters Wrote:
Best Surprises
Tirana, Albania - Was not expecting much at all of this place and while the city itself is ugly, the area around it is beautiful and I was very surprised by how good looking the women were. Fun city as well.
Pereira, Colombia - Not visited by many tourists at all but a genuine gold mine. I found the women there to be more attractive than in Medellin, the ratio was absurdly good and so friendly. Great nightlife as well.
Budva, Montenegro - A tough place to game because of language barriers and that many of the girls are traveling with boyfriends/husbands or at least family which can both be obstacles. The quality of the women here is just absurd though. Great nightlife as well. The beaches are even pretty decent by European standards.
Gili T, Indonesia - When you've been to Bali a few times you come to expect a certain thing from that area (too many drunk Aussies) but Gili T remains a paradise that they don't generally make it to and is instead full of Scandinavian goodness.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Just awesome fun and debauchery. Aided by the fact that most of the tourists, when I was there at least, were Mexican and thus the quality of women was greatly improved.
Worst Surprises
Italy would win this for me. Super expensive, overcrowded and very dirty. The surprising part though was that the food wasn't that great either, I love "Italian" food, I just didn't love it in Italy as much as I do in other countries which was a surprise. It doesn't help that you're paying $25 for a small bowl of pasta either.
I didn't really like Cancun either which surprised me, the clubs were too crowded to enjoy and you had to always be careful to avoid the crime when leaving, only place that I've ever had multiple issues on that front. The towns and sights around Cancun made it thoroughly worthwhile though, Cancun itself is the only negative surprise I had.
Dude, you have to look a bit at the history.
Tirana was just a small village 100 years ago and was chosen as capital of Albanians because of strategic reasons.
However even during communism it looked like s small austrian town, but with the construction permissions that city got larger and not with the right architecture.
However, there are many nice places in Tirana and is a very good city in terms of bars and restaurants and other services, plus that it has many night clubs. On this regard it is better than many other balkan capitals
There are castles around and some interesting attractions you find in trip advisor.
However going in Albania and staying in Tirana is idiotic thing to do.
Real Aklbanian architecture and culture is found in UNESCO cities such as Berat and Gjirokaster or other Albanian traditional towns such as Shkodra and Korca.
Small Orthodox towns such as Voskopoja and small city-fortress of Kruja where the fate of Europe was decided when Albanians crushed with Ottomans for 100 years mot not be missed.
Seaside, especially the south and northern Albanian Alps are a must also.
You have basically seen nothing.
As for Budva, there are many russian uper classes that go there and half of tourists are russians and that is why you see many good looking women.
In my experience , there are a lot of serbian and russian girls without boyfriends there, but it depends where you have been.